Aves - Strigiformes - Heterostrigidae
Full reference: E. N. Kurochkin and G. J. Dyke. 2011. The First Fossil Owls (Aves: Strigiformes) from the Paleogene of Asia and a Review of the Fossil Record of Strigiformes. Paleontological Journal 45(4):445-458
Belongs to Heterostrix according to E. N. Kurochkin and G. J. Dyke 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 3211/35, a limb element (complete left tarsometatarsus only lacking the plantar projection of trochlea metatarsi IV). Its type locality is left side of Taatsiin Gol valley, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at left side of Taatsiin Gol valley
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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